Your Highness

Erm...Yere not brilliant.

The adverts didn't look bad, there is some high potential acting power behind it (James Franco, Natalie Portman) and i did love the cheesy medieval adventure flicks as a child (Princess Bride, Willow), but it lacks the charm of these films and instead replaces likeability with swear words, sexual innuendos and finishing it off with a hefty dollop of general crudeness.

  The story follows two princes, the charming and valiant Fabias (Franco), and the not so lovable brother Thadeous (Danny McBride). Fabias claims the virgin Belladonna as his wife (Zooey Deschanel), but on their wedding day the evil warlock Leezar (Justin Theroux) steals Belladonna, with the hope of impregnating her on the day when the moons collide in order to have a dragon child... Thadeous is sent on a quest with his brother Fabias in order to rescue Belladonna, and prove to the kingdom that he is not such a waster after all. Along their journey they meet the beautiful and feisty Isabel (Natalie Portman) who eventually helps them on their quest.

Apart from the unnessecary crudeness, nakedness and countless penis references, there are some very surreal and odd moments. Such as a fight with a five headed dragon and some quite gory killings, which just don't seem to blend with the type of humour that has been battered around thus far. In my opinion there are two saving graces which makes this film watchable, rather than atrocious. The first is Franco. The part isn't brilliant and there's not a lot to play with, yet he manages to make it playful and cheeky, rather than annoying and loathsome which a lesser actor could have done. And the second is Theroux playing Leezar. Again, it's a pretty rubbish character / baddie, but he manages to act it with a sarcasm and subtle wit that is quite funny.

There are some films that are crude and rude, yet still seem to be funny. 40 Year Old Virgin is one of these. The difference is that these films, amongst the sex jokes, still have a heart and charm. Unfortunately, Your Highness lacks both of these. I think Danny McBride should leave the writing to someone else (maybe Judd Apatow?) and work on the acting skills. Sorry love...
2/5